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Friday, May 17th, 2013

The 100 Most Creative People in Business 2013

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Fast Company has released its list of the 100 most creative people in business for the year 2013 featuring influential artists like Ai Weiwei and Kendrick Lamar. Topping the list is statistician Nate Silver whose blog FiveThirtyEight famously analyzed polling and…

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Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

Ai Weiwei and Eric So’s ‘Aibudao’ Sculptures

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Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei collaborated with Hong Kong-based toy designer Eric So on a series of sculptures for the Singapore Museum of Art and Design’s booth at Art Stage Singapore. The series, titled ‘Aibudao,’ means ‘unlovable’ in Chinese…

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Friday, January 11th, 2013

Ai Weiwei’s “Stacked” – An Installation Consisting of 760 Bikes

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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has created a giant installation consisting of 760 bicycles for his first solo show at Gallery Continua’s San Gimignano gallery space. The walk-around installation sits on the main stage of the gallery as a continuation of…

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Wednesday, November 21st, 2012

Video: Anish Kapoor & Friends – ‘Gangnam for Freedom’ Tribute

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Anish Kapoor, the Turner prize-winning artist, has made his very own tribute video for Psy‘s “Gangnam Style” in support of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. The visual features both Kapoor and Weiwei, as well as members of the art world including Mark…

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Wednesday, October 24th, 2012

Music Video: Ai Weiwei – Grass Mud Horse Style (Gangnam Style Cover)

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Famous dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has uploaded his cover of Psy’s viral sensation “Gangnam Style” and is calling it “Grass Mud Horse Style.” The term, which is Mandarin slang for “fuck your mother,” is often used online to get…

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Thursday, December 8th, 2011

GQ Profile on Ai Weiwei

Wyatt Mason penned an article about Ai Weiwei in the December 2011 issue of GQ. The article gives a lot of background on the artist, including chronicling his time spent living in New York, in the 1980′s. The article also…

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Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

Ai Weiwei Forever Bicycle Installation in Taiwan

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What an incredible image this is. Created by China’s Ai Weiwei and titled Forever Bicycle, it is an impressive feat. Now if only he could attend his own show. This piece is part of the larger show fittingly called Absent.…

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Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Video | Ai Weiwei: Art / Architecture. Solo Show at Kunsthaus Bregenz

Video | Ai Weiwei: Art / Architecture. Solo Show at Kunsthaus Bregenz

Vernissage TV gets a full look at the current Ai Weiwei solo exhibition, Art / Architecture, currently on view at Kunsthaus Bregenz. Included is an interview with museum director Yilmaz Dziewior.

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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Ai Weiwei Released

Ai Weiwei Released

Alison Klayman, director of Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, gives a statement on the artist’s release. On Wednesday night, June 22nd at 10:15 pm Beijing time, Xinhua produced a statement that Ai Weiwei had been released on bail because of “his…

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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Ai Weiwei released!

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Alison Klayman, director of Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, has released a statement on the occasion of the artist’s release. Friends and fans, Ai Weiwei has been released! On Wednesday night, June 22nd at 10:15 pm Beijing time, Xinhua produced a…

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